THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
less than 6007., instead of = 7002, which Mr. | manuring ng which the farms of England now receive. | This had to be pumped out 
MECHI had named. It seems plain that he has 
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it for the sale of duce of 15 acre 2 S0 
ch had been consumed by his horses, and which, | astonishment, but I ave taken par rticular pains to 1857 
acre, amo 
| [See leading a article, Jo raised by this circumstance. 
Il hi te some 1855 HA 
untin o È; would | obtain from various sources correct agi gay statis- 
tics ha ea 
» and the average 
| Manor H 10, 1869, 
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of thie orata, 
g Pandata; 
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Piem EA an E A 
— — the whole egy io in his fayour above | and I have reason to believe that I h © T menn | Ng" includes coals, repairs of engine, “si t ng 
e sum a 
which he h 
Of the co sales 
Jatod it really has on an average, I r 
| feet. gay 
runs fou af og per 
10r âg 
animals equal to two sheep to the acre. “Tis true h The e qua of water raised 6 feet high ig 
declared i . Mec adds guano an d artificial manures, but the quantity, per sear nthe ae ies apes ind a the 8,000 
“t catechism” we can only say that it is eiteat| ane spread over 50 millions of acres, is insignificant one 
the 
t thre 
r diom, hot dot 
not bs eufielen xr sÀ rae 
to avoid the conclusion that ey a affects but aed the comparative dilution. | He interval, th the ‘suppl of wa 
al 
in ‘die to the whole 170 acres of the he 15 of pith ae Mabe a n “There is no publication containing these facta, 
which a are, nevertheless, stated to be used up by Well, die fave disposed of Aake i of dilu- 
es. us the 
upon the farm is declared to be 200lbs. per acre, | of a g Probably there is no surer source 
i y 170, in order to ascertain | tural area. 
the whole farm produce. Whereas the proper; I am a good deal amused pris I compare various 
guide in such a case undoubtedly must be the | opinions on = point. Our excellent chairman, Mr. 
actual sales recorded in the farm books. The | Lawes, told us, when ‘the par was = megs ty 
amounts stated as sold are sufficient at recent here, that we hg is apply 10,000 tons per of town 
prices to produce the sum at a a th or, in other words, that we must ata to the 
declared per ane: but so much bt is cast | soil, annually, from 407. to 502. worth of manure. Mr. 
upon the accuracy of the caloulation through | Halkett values London sewage at 2d. per ton, which I | this year, with V peek a 42s., I have gained 
which Mr. MECHI arrives at his first by his | his 
omission of > — 
“meat” actually made tion, we may come toa safe conclusion as ‘to the effects : 
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‘ For the last s 
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nk a fair tome 3 if so, 10,000 tons would be 837, | Sicry Serene. 
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> expenses on oye stock acre, or put on an extra 20s. worth of manure, | tributed to this result, 
en by his 
welcome to them.—I am, Sir, your obedi 
ing than poor Grass land on andaina — 
There are many millions of acres ps such 
The following letter will give a t 
position of a holders of su aR 
R ŠIR, a lectur ew: 
by you the following e extract i hia te 
x years 
| little farm of 17 acres Ta bo 
tagal pum 
sp Servant, You are 
Jony Lavar’ 
xtensiy, 
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n nearly 7002. per tl 
steam » drainage, and. dee culti 
acre. Now, erto feed morè moraa but the liquified MARN re § avian oe and other 
much ofthis pet ae ging 
mg A 
per 
fared: perdadi; to pay 63: ¥ Thi anai tion has been various! 
taking cell for the produce of the whale 170 | and anothe? 7s. an acre for superior covered yards, and | generally amongst the" strong wee Teei, bit maf ™ 
ame 
acres, notwithstanding this omission, that we are Sote taf for irrigation, and, in fact, when I tell them eee pt ratty tor n your vora Spooryp Lhe E 
Pour Diode in the belief that a blunder has been | generally that it would b th more profitable for tha ta We err mae uP the aci tA think > 
them to pay a double rental, provided the increase Sho ald ‘this not really be v . ke 
Tass only thin, g in the paper read last Wednesday represented a a fair interest for necessary improv ements, must st follow: —That a H i 
“which throws aati g like a fresh wt on the TEE EE ae 
sewage que estion is the idea that a rough a visionary Cog and am told that I want to open F apirited i 
$ the landlords What will they say then to Mr. example to anded proprietors ; and taking the 
soaking with the sewage water once in a hae tion Lawes aid thé ane — ee lots you have given, tenant capitalists— — being p results 
m e all that land wi of fertilising Foda 240,000,000 of ; ala be gprs eir mon 
matter, and that therefore the nem appa- wort Tr d. per fn 00 000,0007. ETN Re Numerous advan 
ratus may very well be portable and ta m 4 i ye ar a 
SEa = — along with a hired steam m thi 
i eee bf pect beeper S RI E 
Aet dékettain its value; before which it is |° manure p eieaa E e Eas zg z% 
in fact valueless as the foundation for any pro- 
— towards turning London sewage to actual | 
Pe 
Eemien So ECH avai ail. ered mselves, over and over again, o e pow 
[The foll seg payar ot 
wage to 
te ordinary F Areny Sotepes its reat and Dilution and differ: 
sfaction of 
Society of Arto, last gts on Parm water to our rivers ws and deprived a c= ieia in i 
We a orca teen A ents ig are only noxious when out of their aa seis is dire 
‘elem 
_ it is objected that sewage is too much diluted to be | proper place 
all may sa 
that as the. p aly DENAT 50 për cent. of the 
pr ures contained in the sewage or manure, that 
hich esca om og through the soil or drains should be used 
over and over again on other less fertile lands, in order 
to anae ohi it as much as possible - its valuable | 572ta ov 
SEWAGE. elem What would be said of ins m did me fi 
Application of niet Sew a| which water affo ords by means of the sloping inclination eit ve 
ering levels ? 
hig 
Be cs |a esi tm tv te at mene ps 
ly grant 
or such a state of niyo 
Such h 
if now proceed to consider how we may best fertilise ant. Dine ‘system. 
Let us test this objection by comparative fac r soil with town sewage. It may be done as on my 
The farm at Baas a source of manure is is from his farm, with common iron water pipe; but it appe to to 
live stock. total area of land farm ed in the me that as a single heavy dressing with sewag ee canbe made on the 
United K an and arable) may b ald + r | Yere,—and how fotak od keep in Gra 
50,000,000 acres, (at: in pasture. I omit poor moun- six course rotation of crops, it might be iarann, in 
tains, &c. These 50 millions of acres 
z cost of a 
t,—and d 
r plans, as 
©, therefore, that 
i the liberty 
your! ewes and apply your liquified er sail 
egual in ~ quality to my own. ~The following conduits, i that could be carried from field to field, or ` Now, $ xi con cert hide: peřmitted to d 
from o farm. We should then, probably have Ser A a a tp Pant iyi j 
LATEST AGRICULTURAL STATISTIOS. travelling bs ete d was needfi $ system of alternate husbandry, he would be 
Soren paes aye e but remunerative went a much as is no wy | hopeful condition, but there ‘dies another w. 
[Esti ed be Sova Lax, x Ina eee ane aa without breaking 
Gminie Highlan Ea ai? fetes i A eck answer best to have a few acres TONDE Sess robes ties 
oners. ety. ‘ 
se hoe t ai regii beng ineteated (Po Grass lands, and ver k 
1854. 1857. 1859. (EPER ik g Sheep are folded upon during 
Horses .. paii 185,409 7 ~~ 916 canes 7 ad vioresile pipe winter, having an unlimited supply cf 
oe y T i ; =f 
+ igre a Heiss 1, pera 873 ar HELU diais years, as the rotation varies, stir Si m sal kiap suis pint of Beans fae eas 
show that, reducin; STENA 
has, on an average} something, less than the manure of 
two sheep or lambs per 
manure. Two s 
sheep (young and old) p 
easly: 
aoe that we shall some day see lines of main | ,, 19S the sheep are 
acre as a source of animal 
easy would a be, where levels were suitable, to ezine it, by restoring t 
f th 
p ate placed upon 
Ee charged. with, sewage intérienting our country, the purpose of feeding on 5 ra 
ustive farming had previous 
ements p 
es 
as TA i i le. 
in inanurial results, to two inha- fein eer ix with them these paper P apes, umistakabl 
its of a towti—weight for weight; in than | would fertilise field after field, by connecting them with thus becomes a fold Ne ee rigs 
gd: RE Snth ened i ioma er pi pes al jisi sá nA a. misi pane evidence of thi e prosperity oF 
other manurial elem thel Prob ; particular districts, will | No one would recommend spring or 
of two in r let | tn tha with sheep: but there is a much cheaper 
see whether this manure of two sheep per acre gets | most a feo shy and elective tive mater, ry ach the | Way than either of those 
more or less dil: = Pose gga pia- human t forains beter cart poo! i š 
beings residing i the A Cornish a 
sheep—which is nea al a fai uid a (the ary, saree gine. ns, 0} E p Xs Apa pm ? rain ee a z= 
only 1-13th)—is spre: 
Wieki receives as fi ame 
Annually, as aaa 30 tons 
em as raintéll pee | the area of the “ Elton, Oundle; aoe i h ae 
metropolis, its rainfall population) .. 50 ,, ‘Sim,—I beg to acknowledge th 
roving, ,tnmistakeably, that the hex 3 Bua 5000 acres of = land, exclusive of _ ee from the | or 
is! in reality, h will includ e 400 or 
16 times stronger 
43;000 yea 
ver l acre of lan Taking high, = k4 wi of coals. or a cost of 1s. ve x ee 
6 f st be added interest for wear and 
th ave to thank Mr. Laurance for t 
wasi a muñicatio on with reference to this pamp F Waton ; 
ere 
the 15th. 
“The Appold pump, at Whittlesea en drains upwards itl 
h 
16 than that o diluted, and S and To a extensive 
of 1 ISI. paises acre. 
m which Read piling for for st dae 8 dot 500 (The drains and ditches are 
er dar. ana i 
te ME W. 
ato ey seme eer} ‘ho frat three youn? working an d zepairs— |à] H 
1851 to 1854—averaged In 1852, the ži ‘tage tane by 
at the annaal | formed banks hole, and Medd a aires oF nana Ea niat | pl r 
peg 
